Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-11-04
Local News.

sold at the auction Of w. H. Clark, tC
be held three miles east of the city
on Nov. Is. Parties desiring to secure
good mixers should not fail to attend.
Look over the advertising columns
of The Democrat and then do YOU
trading with those merchants who are
enterprising enough to advertise there.
in. They want your custom and tell
you so.
The fast stock train on the Mineral
Point division of the C. NJ. IL st. p.
railway evidently strikes the stock
buyers favorably. Seventeen carloads
of live stock were shipped from this
station on Monday afternoon.
A company has been formed to own
and operate the Mineral Point Cheese
Factory, to be located one-half mile
south of the Graysville school house,
on the Darlington road. The officers
of the company are: Joseph Bennett,
president, J. b. Wallis, treasurer, and
William Hartford, secretary.
The sale Of the MOeller property on
High street to Sebastian Duppler, an
nounced in The Democrat last week,
was not fully consummated, and has
since been declared off. Mr.. Jeuck
still occupies the Moeler brick build
ing in connection with his own stone
building, and the Moeler property is
still for sale.
At Lancaster on Saturday last Judge
Clementson sentenced James Kilby,
James Greenwood and William Rob
inson each to one year in the peniten-
tiary, for burglaries committed in the
town of Waterloo, Grant county.
Aaron Chase, one of the same gang,
was sentenced to four months in the
county jail for larceny.
Stock buyers express themselves as
highly pleased with the new fast
freight train on the Mineral Point di
vision of the C. NJ. q st. p. railway
1t gives them additional time for load
ing at this point, and enables them
to place their stock early on the mar
ket at Chicago, thus giving them a
chance to make the most advantageous
sales.
\ company is now being formed
for the purpose of building and oper-
ating cheese factory on the farm of
William Jewell, on the Mineral Point
and Linden road. John Legler, for
merly of Monroe, but now of this city,
is one of the moving spirits of the
enterprise. Parties desiring to become
interested in it can consult with him
or William Jewell.
Henry Smith, a young man who re-
sides near the Yellowstone church.
while riding horse on Tuesday even
ing, was thrown down over an embank-
ment, and struck on his head and
shoulders among some stones. His
collar bone was badly fractured and
his left shoulder severely bruised. He
is under the care of DR. w. L. Tallman,
and although his injuries are quite Sc
we're, he will doubtless recover.
Among the cattle shipped from
Mineral Point on Monday was a car
load of fine fat steers raised by Thomas
Gribble, of the town of Waldwick, anG
sold by him to Louis GRADER. On,
three-year old steer weighed 1885,
pounds, and the carload averaged
l4l4 pounds-a pretty fine lot to b,
fattened during a dry season. Fo
fat cattle the blue grass and corn re
gion of Wisconsin cannot be beaten.
The first party of the series to b,
given by the Mineral Point dancing
club at the City Hall this winter tool
place last Monday night. and was pro
nounced by the thirty five couple
present to be very enjoyable affair
! The music was furnished by the De
corah band, and proved itself worth,
of the praise bestowed upon it. Anon.
the guests from away were, Miss Ster
ling, and Miss Ferris, of Red Cloud
Neb., Messrs Morris and Anthony, o
Darlington, and W. G. Richards, o
Lancaster. The next party will
held on the Dist of November.
The zinc works were started u
again on Wednesday. They have bee
cleaned up, repaired and extensivel
improved. Larger and more powerful
machines have been put in for crush
ing ore and coal, new cooper sho
and storehouse has been built, tn
works have been generally roo fe
over and enclosed, long lines of shed
have been erected for storing ore, an
a great deal of grading has been don
for the laying of railroad tracks, ct
Everything about the place bespeal
preparation for the vigorous and e,
tensive prosecution of the work /,
manufacturing oxide for the ne,
twelve months. If this city would on
have few other factories conducte
! after the manner of the Mineral PoiI
zinc works, we would simply have tn
the biggest kind of a boom.